Learning vocabulary is essential for learning any language, but it can be difficult to memorize without resources. Busyteacher.org offers 14,321 printable vocabulary worksheets in several different categories, all of which are great for you to use with your students.
Vocabulary is a key component in helping students with word building. More often than not, students become stuck when speaking about their interests or jobs because they don’t know enough vocabulary to express themselves. Using these worksheets as a resource will help them build sentences as they learn to use the English language with ease. When used as homework assignments, these worksheets will make sure that students continue to use the words learned in the classroom at home, and get the extra practice they need to progress in their learning.
These worksheets can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Role play is one effective way to teach vocabulary: you can place students in a specific scenario and have them use the vocabulary on these worksheets to act out a relevant situation. Another effective way to teach vocabulary is by introducing the vocabulary words in a game setting, such as a matching game, a bingo game, or a team-based game.
The worksheets below come in many different styles. Some include cartoon characters to identify colors, some are simple fill-in worksheets, some are song worksheets, some are quizzes, some are in list form, and you'll also find many other types . This variety gives you a lot of options for creating a dynamic and fun lesson, and your students will appreciate the variety, too.
The worksheets are also grouped into “recommended,” “most popular,” and “recently added” categories – and they're also level-specific, ranging from beginner to advanced. This makes it easy for you to determine whether or not a given worksheet can be used in your lesson. If you're not sure about what a certain worksheet contains, just click on the thumbnail to preview the entire worksheet before downloading it.
You don't have to register or subscribe to download any worksheet. They're all free to download, and free to use in your lessons. Plus, every single one of these worksheets is created and submitted by fellow ESL teachers, which means they're tested and proven in real ESL classroom environments. In fact, if you have a vocabulary worksheet that you've found to be especially effective in your lessons, you can submit it to BusyTeacher.org. At the bottom of this page, click on “Submit a worksheet” to upload your worksheet for other ESL teacher around the globe to use!
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This PowerPoint contains both names and pictures of some currently endangered species around the world, such as Amur Leopard, Mountain Gorilla, Black Rhino, etc. You can provoke your class to vote ...
This is a worksheet from my series "Interior Design Glossary" - Storage Furniture. Here we will study the main aspects of the most common drawers, chests and armoires. In this second workshee ...
This is a worksheet for following a direction and finding the destination. The direction is given in code. Each code letter represents the letter that comes before it in the alphabet, for example ...
A good fun worksheet to be used as a warm-up activity, get-to-know-each-other activity or an enjoyable way to practice habitual actions and likes and dislikes using both present and past tenses. I ...
This is an original script I made for the children I teach in South Korea. I used it to practice their reading and also as a performance piece. The lessons surrounding this script were related to ...
This is a powerpoint presentation about clothes. It includes basic vocabulary for men, women and teen clothing items and also patterns, materials and shapes. I have prepared it for my 7th form (le ...
This is a PowerPoint for revising the grammar of some and any. It includes a fill-in-the-gaps activity. It is appropriate for elementary levels, both kids and adults. You can use it at study or ac ...
It's a warm-up or a short listening task for students of all ages based on the BBC 1 min "Horrible Stories Pirate Weather Report". This can be used as an extra-material on topics "Traveling", "Wea ...
This PowerPoint contains the names of some countries and their capital cities. The flags of these countries are also included. You can encourage students to talk by asking them about what the nati ...
This worksheet is designed for pre-intermediate level students and it can be used as a warm-up activity. It is a quiz about William Shakespeare, his most famous plays and some basic information ab ...
Because there wasn't already pre-made one out there, here's a 3x3 grid of blank clock faces for a fun game of Bingo. Decide on some times before you do the activity and then write them down for th ...
A good song to work on Peace Day. Gap filling. Phonetics. Grammar (yes-no questions; wh questions). Lexicon (definitions, synonyms, antonyms). Speaking (opinions). As a brainstorming activity ...
Bingo: a fun game to review months and days of a week. The teacher has to read out the words by randomly selecting them from a bag and the students have to cross them out. This game can be played ...
Movie worksheet for the TV series Friends Season 4, episode 8 'The One with Chandler' which is about another one of their Thanksgiving gatherings. Not only is the American holiday of Thanksgiving ...
This PowerPoint deals with some vocabulary items that we can find in a first aid kit, such as ice pack, thermometer, bandages, etc. It follows with some questions about when we should use these it ...
This is a PowerPoint about different types of hair. It contains the photos of famous Disney characters to motivate the language learners, particularly kids, to study. In the last two slides, the s ...
A wonderful video for discussing the topic of sleep and dreams. Can be used as a warm up at the beginning of a lesson or a way to relax at the end of the lesson after having discussed vocabulary r ...
This is a Power Point presentation about the weather that allows students to improve their vocabulary in the disaster area, at the same time through the use of pictures achieve a better learnin ...
This is an activity to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Mazes are entertaining activities for any kind of student and can be used at the end of your session. You can use it like a warmer or a cooler an ...
The aim of this worksheet is to improve students' speaking skills. A teacher can print and cut the topic cards, then give it to students and let them ask and answer the questions in pairs. It take ...
This is a worksheet based on the cartoon "Puss in Boots. The Three Diablos" (13 minutes). It contains four types of exercises which allow you to check your students' understanding of the video. It ...
This worksheet is appropriate for teaching and reviewing food quantities. This worksheet includes two pages, first it contains some pictures with detailed sentences, and in second page there are s ...
In this worksheet you'll see different exercises such as match, true or false, complete the sentences, name the food, answer the questions and tick the correct sentence. All of them are related to ...
This is a simple lesson activity for elementary students. It consists of simply giving out a coloring-in picture to the ss, and some color pencils. They swap the pencils with each other using some ...
I made this presentation for my elementary students. I think this way it's easier for them to memorize the rooms' names. After this presentation come the cards with the items they can put into the ...
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